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Note: My Diabetes365ers, if you don't care about the review you can go straight down to my post underneath the review :) I had a very powerful d-bonding moment today with a little boy :) More about that underneath the review. :)


OK, here we go :)

After a day and a half (about 15 finger pricks) of using this new little booger, I thought I'd take some time to sit down and review it. I tried to put things in the con section even if it was something that does not bother me but might bother some of you out there :) So here goes nothing:


Package Contents:
1 Lancing Device
10 lancets
Manual

Cons:

*When you first unpack it and hold it, it seems kind of flimsy due to its super light weight

*You will immediately notice that yes, the lancets are SUPER thin, which is what makes them special BUT that also means that standard lancets will NOT fit this device.

*No AST (Alternate Site Testing) possible with this device. Which doesn't bother me but it has to be noted.

*As highlighted above (hover over the picture) I noticed that more than half the lancet you don't even use...seems like a waste of material to me.

*If you are like me and don't change your lancet after every single finger prick, the lancet might have to be changed sooner, since the needle is soo thin. I used it all day yesterday (about 10 times) and this morning it still worked fine and was still painless though)

*the cap to change the lancet can be a bit tricky first if you are used to lancing devices where the cap just pops off.

*for those of you that love your Multiclix and it's 6-lancet drums, sorry. This device comes with individual lancets.

*the price. This baby sells for anywhere between 16-20 bucks (I got mine for free as a gift) and the special lancets are another 15 bucks/100 lancets. ouch.

Pros:

* super thin needle!

*I have YET to feel the darn poke LOL. I still wonder every time if it even broke the skin. Sure enough it does, every time! -> Painless blood sampling -> decent sized blood drop every time so far

*Super light weight!

*Small size. This and the above point is a HUGE plus if you go to the gym a few times a week where you don't wanna carry clunky pokers that add extra weight to the stuff you already have to haul around.

*I do think that the small size and lightness of it, makes it perfect for little kids hands (or mine LOL)

*Usable with only one hand. I do not like prickers where you need both hands to cock the darn thing, especially since I am too lazy sometimes to stop walking and just test on the go (literally LOL)...it also just saves some extra steps in testing, letting you return to life faster :)

*the cap does not come off as easily as with it's predecessor the OneTouch Mini pricker....This one takes about a half turn of the cap to come off, this keeps it from falling off.

*depth setting dial in the back. improvement from the Mini lancing device since my Mini pricker sometimes dialed itself up or down whenever I'd put it back into it's place in my kit LOL It goes from 1-7. I have moderately calloused finger tips and I use it on 3 with a little bit of pressure :)

*I changed the lancet this morning (even though it was still good ;) LOL) to see how it works. The first thing I noticed was that when I recapped the used lancet it snapped into place (into the lancet cap) that is great, seeing how the microlet lancets for example I've had it happen that the used capped lancet became "undone" and I accidentally poked myself with it (this might not mean much since I am clumsy LOL but I do think that for especially younger kids these Delica lancets that click into the lancet cap are a good thing)

* It has a lancet eject button. Pretty cool. :) I did not like how I had to manually pull out the lancet with most my other pokers (again, I am really clumsy). So this is a welcomed added feature.

Conclusion:
I really love this pricker and plan on using it along with my other deices (since I do have more than one kit :) )
Again, I cannot get over how painless it is!
To be fair, to those of you that really like your Multiclix and its 6-lancet drums, this might seem like a step backward. I can see that, but this device's size, light weight, and painfree-ness ;) make up for it, IMHO :)
If you come across one and get a chance to try it, do not hesitate to check it out!
Hope my review helped :)

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D365 post:

I would like to remember something that happened at GameStop today:
Moments like these don't happen often but when they do, they are so powerful.
I was line at the checkout with my games in hand, when this little boy tucked on my hand and pointed to my T1 medic alert rubber bracelet and said, "me too".
My heart went out to him and I gave him a sad smile. He returned it and held up his hand and said "Beetis-Buddies!" I high 5-ed him. His mom had tears in her eyes. Such a powerful moment. We chatted for a few minutes and found out he was

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